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UEFA fines Chelsea $23.6M and Barcelona $17.7M for financial monitoring rules breaches
EUROPE, JUL 4 – Chelsea and Barcelona face fines totaling €36.5 million for breaching UEFA's financial sustainability and spending rules, with conditional penalties linked to future compliance and competition qualification.
- On July 4, 2025, UEFA fined Chelsea €20 million and Barcelona €15 million for breaching financial monitoring regulations.
- UEFA flagged clubs for breaching the Football Earnings Rule and squad cost limits, with Chelsea failing to break even and overspending 80% of revenue, and Barcelona recording excessive losses based on 2024 accounts.
- UEFA's settlement agreements with Chelsea and Barcelona span two to four years, with future fines conditional on missing financial targets through 2028/29.
- UEFA sanctions may restrict Chelsea and Barcelona from registering new players for the Champions League unless they meet positive transfer balance conditions.
- UEFA has sanctioned multiple clubs, including Lyon and Roma, marking its first enforcement of the football earnings rule to promote financial stability across European football.
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The Catalan club will have to pay $16 million immediately and could disburse another $48 million if it does not meet the stability goals
The European Football Union (UEFA) today issued heavy fines to several clubs, including Barcelona and Chelsea, for not respecting financial fair play.
Inter and Milan promoted by the auditors of Uefa, Rome fined 3 million in relation to fair financial play. It goes worse in Chelsea and Barcelona that they will have to pay, respectively, 20 and 15 million
Those who violate the financial rules will be sanctioned. UEFA now announces some details and consequences.
The Club Financial Control Body (ICFC) has imposed heavy fines on several clubs, including the Olympique Lyonnais.
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